A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 263 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (163 miles) on Wednesday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:18:33 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.4124 West, latitude 56.0852 North, depth = 21.16 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 15:18:33 / January 24, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18300238, us1000cf3g. Id of event: us1000cf3g. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.16 km (13 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one thousand and twenty-eight, in the last 10 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 263 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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